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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-29


The 3lst OF December, 1887, had come why the
last night In the year affects people more than
any other night 1t Is hard 10 say, but IL does and
on this night Reginald de Brokaw was even more
Affected than common. Perhaps the thought that
there was one more day In the coming year made
him sad. Ii might have been that the heart OF the
man OF nearly forty was stirred at the prospect OF
being able to celebrate his tenth birthday on the
18th OF the next February, or the remembrance OF
slip OF paper on which was written over his au-
togrdpn: 'On January z, lSSS, / promise 10 pay,
&C." weighed upon his soul; at any rate be was
sad He was sealed opposite a fair maiden OF
eight and thirty winters A maiden at that age Is
usually called fair, for she has then arrived at
fair age, neither young nor OLD Eighteen years be-
fore, on New YearS day, Reginald de Brokaw
had proposed to the rp1gning belle, Margaret
Jones, and had been refused Every New Years
day after that he had repeated the performance
with a like result, until, three years before, he
had ceased Now they waited In peaceful silence
for the New Years birth. their minds busy with
different thoughts. He was wondering whether
or not he would for the last time oner himself TO
the girl before him. and she was thinking how
long IL took for eighty 70 make way for the
glorious Leap Year when she would take advap-
tage OF her pref0gatiye and ask him 20 marry her.
One-two-t hree-fourIlve.s SIX seven-eight-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Uhis is done to prolong
the tale: am writing on space rang out the BELLS
"RegInaid," she whispered, her Voice trembling
In the intensity OF her emotion; .'Reginald, DO
senger lett telegram for Reginald de BroEaw.
Tearing IL open, he read:
'ReXlnald, wilt thou be mine?
await Thy answer. Come 10 me.-C. NJ
SIT IS too late. have already received proposal
and have accepted" and he left her alone In her
misery.
Tnis viii not be continued In our next. II is but
simple tale, truly pathetic and warning TO
fair maidens who walt for the eventrul year OF
Leap
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COMMODORE eERxy ExrtAfxs WIZ THs BRITISH
fscHrSNES ohRcr 10 rHx Srw DEED.
Inc New YORK s~a to-day, says: 1.-THE English,
iusn, or scotch yachtsmen have decldcd 20 send
acaAhenge for the Amer1cas cup, neither the
New YORK Yacht Clup nor Conanodore Gerry has
received one. the report that Mr. Jsmieson had
sent one oy the steamship Gaina notwfthstancing.
we shsl De glad 20 receive . chaIlenge.- said
Sommoeore Gerry. yesterday. sand rye no doubt
We san oelebd The cup without much trouble when
ian yoa account Tor NE English objections 70
the present deed Of gifts
yes III tell You where the .nigvcr IN the fence
IA exactly. They know thar N bv any ACCIDENT
they capture the cup here they cannot hold &c Il
We send the volunteer amer H. for they have no
ooat 70 hold IL Under the old deed they could
handicap US 30 by time allow nce or coQr~rs thet
we could never get it back n they say that IL NOT
" let them explain their recent conduct when
commodore Hoveys schooner Fortuna crossed the
ocean 10 nnd that, 20 win anything, sne would
nave 70 allow other vessels or the same length
nearly an hours time
cornmodore Garry explained that the IDEA con-
Neyed py the original deed OF gift was 20 cover
Yachts already built. The buiiding Of new ones
every year was never thought OF at that time ana
lns new deed has been made 80 that O challenge
Win sh nneuilt boat could not be sent. The New
lork iacnt Cluo." concluded the commodore
mas tne right 20 make any course or time allow
aoee % mutual agreement IL has never done
ANYTHING unfair, and does not intend 20 DO se
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1ncidenss len n Dentists office.


Several years before the Introduction OF nitrous
oxide gas all kinds OF experiments were tried TO
devise some method 70 extract teeth without pain.
One plan was the galvanic battery. or "lightning
method" copper wire being connected from the
battery TO the forceps, which conveyed a shock
to the tooth, and was supposed to prevent pain
during the operation. our first patient, robust,
healthy man, whose teeth were put In 20 stay. T"
wanted large nolar extracted. The attach
ment was made as usual, but the connecting wire
proved 10 be too Short and parted Just as the for
ceps grasped the tooth. OF course dlsconnecting
the battery entirely. The tooth came out ate 9
quite struggle. our patient instantly left the
chalr and, with smile on his face declared IL 10 be
the greatest Invention OF the age, saying he had
not suffered the slightest pain. In this case, at
least. mind conquered matter ON one occasion,
after drawing tooth for a suffering, nervous pa
tent, and naming the price, he said: SWELL 1
hope your charges are high enough; DR.. - the
other day drew me ali around the room and only
charged quarter Quite recently q lady from a
neighboring town brought In a SET OF teeth on q
gold plate which she wanted 10 sell, saying, with
q sigh, $50 long as my dear husband lived they
were OF the greatest possible benent TO him; but
poor man, buried him last week; he'll have no
more use Tor them, and thought could spend
the money Just now to good advantage" young
lady with beautiful set or natural teeth, per.
fectly sound, Insisted that large cavities should be
drilled Ia each 'front.' TOOTH In order, she said, Ito
show all the gold possible" She was quite In.
oignant at our refusal TO accede TO such an insane
request
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-29

Aatnleen In Leeds Mercury.
am about to make q most revolutionary sugges-
tion, arising from remark made by a little girl
In whom am deeply interested, in the course OF q
little chat we have just had about lessons in gen.
eral, but music lessons in particular Ny little
irend expressed very distinct opinion that music
lessons ought to be "put Off until one knows
whether one really likes music" have heard the
adVlSaDii1ty OF deferrlng the study OF Greek until
boys reach the age OF twelve very seriously can
vassed. Why should there not be a similar post
ponement In the case OF girls and music until they
have come TO an age to decide whether they really
care to take up the study? / have always had a
theory that 1t Is equally foolish and cruel to COM
pei little girls irrespective OF their taste for music
10 drum away so many hours a day at daily prac-
slow advance generally disgusts them permanently
with the beautiful art. II is purely Conventional
idea that all girls must play the piano. II they
really IKE music, why not study the violin for a
and cooperate, so that the girls should not com.
mence music until their brothers began Greek
future generations might produce some decent
musicians, While the general public would be spared
much infection. How many ladies who may read
these remarks have ground away in youth at the
inevitable piano? and how many "keep up their
music" now they are allowed " think for them
selves, and do as they please about II? I venture
TO hope that my theory Is worth consideration for
nave seen such tnnumerable examples OF wasted
time and money In music lessons given to Children
who had not particle Of musical feeling about
them, that hope, in the case OF some readers OF
this article, that they will just think over my lit
tie friends suggestion, and walt until their girls
taste for music" before they commence the study
at all And, les. any OF my readers may lump at
the conclusion that am not fond OF music, may
not be accused, trust, Of egotism in adding that
have arrived at even anything remotely approxi-
mating to excellence.
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Matthew Arnold in the Fortnightly Review.
In a nation full OF life. but young, and newly In
contact with an old and powerful civilization,
sensitiveness and selfconsciousness are prompt TO
appear. In the Americans, as wen as In the
Russians, we see them active In q high degree.
They are somewhat agitating and disauieting
agents to their possessor, but they have, II they
get fair play great powers for evoking and enrich
Ing literature. But the Americans as we know,
are apt TO Set them at rest In the manner OF my
friend, Col Higginson, OF Boston. "As I take Ii,
nature said some years since: Thus far the Eng
lish Is my best race; but we have had Englishmen
enough: we need something with q little more
buOyancy than the Englishman; let US tighten tie
structure, even at some peril in the process Put
in one drop more OF nervous mud and make the
promise opened on the human race, and a lighter,
inner, more highly organized type OF mankind was
to their sensitive ana busy self-consciousness may
very we'll perhaps, be on their way to great
material prosperity, TO great political power; but
literature, serious art. The Russian does not
aSsuage his senSittveneSs In this fashion. The
Russian man OF letters does not make nature say:
ssThe Russian Is my best race" He nuds RELIEF 70
his sensitiveness In letttng his perceptions have
perfectly free play and In recording their reports
with perfect noenty. Inc sincereness VIII when
and touching. In the novel OF which am going
TO speak there Is not line, not trait, brought IN
tSines ana Characters 20 as nature takes them
and the author Il ABSORBED In seeing how nature
takes them and In relating It. But we have here
the production OF good literature, OF good ar We
have great sens1uveness, subtiety, and nnesse,
addressing themselves with entire disinferested.
ness and simplicity 70 the representation OF human
life. The Russian novelist Is thus master OF a
spell 70 which the secrets OF human nature--both
what Is external and what Is internal, gesture and
manner no less than thought and feeling-willing-
" make themselves known The crown OF litera-
Cure Is poetry, and the Russians have not yet had
q great poet. But In that form OF Imaginative 1T
erature which In our day IL the most popular and
most possible, the Russians az the present moment
seem TO me 70 hold, as Nj. Gladstone would say,
4 no 0old
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From Temple Bar
Every yachtsman knows that q ship can sail
faster than the wind: that Is 70 say. n the
wind Is blowing 10 knots an hour. ship may
be making IL or ID knots an hour. Now, II Is Oh
vious that Il the ship Is sailing straight before
the wind it cannot at the utmost travel faster
TACT IL viii travel much more slowly. IL. on the
other hand. the ship Is sailing at an angle with
the Wind IL seems at first sight that the WIND
must act with less effect than before and the ship
In consequence sail more slowly still But. as
matter OF TACT the ship not only sails more quickly
IMAM before, but more quickly than the wind itseli
Is blowing. This Is paradox which few, even OF
the fact, have found themselves able 90 explain
Let US consider the difficulty In the light OF the
roiioWlng experiment.: Place q ball al one
slde OF billiard table, and with the long cue
nelo lengthw1se, from end TO end OF the
table, push the ball across the cloth. The
cue here represents the wind and the ball the ship
sanng directly before IL; only, there Is here no
waste OF energy, which Ia the case OF the wind and
snip Is very great the bali OF course travels at the
same rate as the cue-evidently IL cannot possibly
travel faster. Now, suppose groove 10 be cut d.
2gonally across the table, from one corner pocket
20 the other In which the bali may roll. IL the ball
De now placed at end OF the groove and the cue
ball will travel along the groove laDd along the
cue) In the same time as The cue takes TO move
across the table, This l. the case OF the ship sail
Ing at an angle with the direction OF the WIND.
The groove is considerably longer than the width OF
the tabe-more than double long, In fact. Tbs
Dali therefore travels much faster than the cue
wnieh impels IL since IL covers more than double
the distance In the same time. IL Is In precisely
the same manner that q lacking ship Is enabled
70 SAIL faster than the wind.
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Fearful Penalties for Cheating u
Cards.


Two children OF Signor Carmonas second wife
died. poisoned Their death LEFT Carmona q free
and rich man, able to pursue the great ambitions
OF his LIE. he desired to become minister from
France TO Spain, but that could not be- as he was
Mexican by birth So he traveied TO Spain and
bought the title or marquis, and from there went
TO Paris 10 live. His hotel Is one OF the most mag
nif1cent, sumptuous mansions in that brilliant
city. There he entertains great people In royal
manner, taking unbounded pleasure ia showing
them unique pieces OF furnitur gathered from
moJe parts OF the globe. he makes great deal OF
money In gambling, wasting 1t on fast acQuaint-
anees and horses. He visits Mexico frequently.
One night not long ago while there he engaged
himself In 'play" with friend The game waXed
Interesting as the day began TO break. Suddenly
CarmoDa noticed clever trick played by his oppo-
nent, so without word he rose and shot him
through the head. On another occasion when Car
mona was losing his game, he resorted 10 cheating
and was observed In so doing by his opponent, who
reached over the table, pinning Cartnonas hand 10
tue table with a knife, tnen departed from the
house. leaving this singular gentleman In rather q
painful situation He Will tear the scar OF acheat
TO the end OF his rope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-29

In a paper, which he lately read before the
Homeopathic Medical Society, of Boston, Dr. L A.
Phillips said: at has been assumed BY some emil
nent scientists and physicians that the long-con-
tinued close application and the tax upon the
mental and nervous forces necessary to the &C
uuireu,ent OF liberal education are Inconsistent
with Woman's nature, and must, therefore, neces-
sarfly prove destructive TO natural beautiful con-
ditions This believe to be q false and unwar-
rantaDle assumption. The cause OF injury to
health lies neither in inability on account Of sex
nor In the amount Of education acquired, but in
the methods or manner In which It u obtained,
and more still In the utter disregard Of physical
conditions and physical development Up to
twelve or thirteen years OF age Children are not
generally, think, required 70 DO more than 10
Consistent with health, and thelr leisure time b
usually spent, as 10 should be, In active physical
exercise, or rest and sleep; put nom the grammar
school upward. increasing with each step forward,
stimulating the children TO the greatest poastblo
effort, examining them with tbs largo1t amount
and greatest variety o. material Ieee f0f any
practical use or value than for the peT1oleal *
Elimination, seems 70 b the ch1ef, Il not the only,
aim. They are al eyeeted - - many ptecoe q
clay, al 70 BE- nodded % exactl{ tne same stze and
form, or 70 do and know exacfly the same tn1ne4
and the prodigy N eech branch q study oeten
held up % the standard b. which ~ mu9 b
measured These eogether WITH TIE innuence q
ambition, combined 80 push che clssse4 = wAoAe
up % the highest poean!e speed II In pet1ect
health, without tnterruIuon. this can Ksneiay be
endutid but necessitAtes In amount q Work
whlak 3avsa vszy utt,s tine toe anything ~"
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PersOnating q Policeman.
How ALBERT FOSTER cor MONEY FROM A oRocIy

FersO00ttnG PO1tcem4ns
now ALBERT FOSTER cor MONTY FROM oRoCRRY-
In the Criminal Court, Judge Montgomery. To-
oay, Albert Foster, colored, was tried on the
charges or obtaining money by false pretenses and
falsely personating police oficer, the two indict-
ments being consolidated. II is charged that on
the gath OF October he went into the store OF
Joseph Campbell, on the corner OF goth and X
streets northwest, and asked for pint OF liquor,
anu asked MIN to put II In two small bottles,
wnlcn tne grocer did, that he F.) then said he had
nlm and would arrest him, TOR he (F.) was police
omcef, lot violating the liquor law, and then
0nered 70 settle the case on the payment OF SIS.
tne grocer gave him e. some tobacco and three
cigars Campbell took a receipt from Foster who
returned the next morning and asked him (C.) to
give he declined do 80 unless in pres
ence OF the court. Foster then demanded SIS more,
ana when Campbell refused to give it. Foster said
ne would We TO go with him. lie tCampbeiD
Then started to put up the shutters go with him.
and when she came In, she knew him and he her,
and he then left. Foster came back In the after.
about the matter.
Mrs OBhen testified to going to the store, and
asked Fosox v by he had tried to impose on Camp
and was ignorant Of the laws and Foster said that
ne would not have done it had he known that
Campbell was a relative OF his, and promised to
bring back the money.
Richard sylvester testified that Foster was not
an 0mcer, and Oficer Skinner testified that Foster
had special ofncers badge when arrested.
The DEFENDANTS counsel, Mr.. Hart, said that he
liquor BY the small and that the $40 was paid for
Fosters silence
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The biggest store in the world.
Does more business enplOys more people tnao any
ne u them all Nearly Ia acres OF noor-spsce. ana
oct men e
Grva A. Il is in other resyects has been proved
hat WANAMAkl.R'S IL trst aud above al else Dry
Goods House aud than that the largest hetsn
DRY Goods store Ia America.
sudxs from these our prices are r1xnti A.. so.
J.-lnch Sere DLsgOua all wool winter weknt ooS.
5O-iueh sils and Wool clu ter line Llad. 621sc
5S-iDch Ladies Cloth. plain or NIX q, S.,c.
similar eight AM colOrs. bO-1nch- Toe q,
Mixed aud Plsin Tricoss. Toe FINER IN Solo FAN
relf-eoisred Chevron stripe Cameps-hair. 44-inch.
ol5O from s1.75 All tn newest tnts- -,
fouls serge, sl25- Meant to ssu at treat deal
seS.sehe Braided Robes; liberal handsome; 90.
AT Ak aan.. Black 81 so to sia Brown. @ to 81;
SEA- 81 n Cloth. so irch. IS to SIS sgd
A DRK<s PNTrKKS OF RICH fAILLE FEANcA1sE WOULD
b one OF the most welcome presents that could well
bsryen 70 2 LADY, Mat was sL7o TO $3.50 now
ANY WORTHY Bso sHAPE THAT Is TO BE HAD. Two
St IN, uatdde sizss
IL iucn Grain Leather Club Bag. riveted. "a 30
i4-inc6 1iissior Club Baz. rivesed. 90. %: sewed
WARS EIs Z IN TEE WORLD THERE A BOOKSTORE
500 lOxy Books for folks and Tor children,
Looks SETS aud Cnr1stuas Cards Oh In almost
Upbrokep line from Chestnut to Market street
HaviEg the Books Is only part Of the way towards
SLING them. the price helps. 20 Will Book NEWS.
The Decem ber ber tSS pazesiustrstel 10 a-bril
With yGst shat want To of the latese Books
ara ine gossip OF the Book wofld. &c: 5Uc year.
~ YoU cAS'r coNE TO TIE STORE ToCRsELF. A LET
tsr's good ~ visit
JOHN WANAMAKER.
diem Philadelphia.
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Fading lBsycolsed BrsaA.

From the Newark n. J.. Advertiser
The Bakers Union, OF Paterson, II In q state q
unpleasant excitement Some time ago the union
declared that every loaf OF bread sold must bear
the label TO be furnished by the union. The en-.
ploying bakers objected 70 this and prominent
among them was Mitchell Craig, who declined Ia
have anything 10 DO with the union. The result
was that the union declared a boycott against Mr..
Craigs es Adjustment, and called on all friends u
labor not 20 eat bread and cake furnished by Mr.
Craig. The union had It's annual ball and supper
on Monday night and had a peasant tine. They
discovered Tuvsday that all the bread aud pastry
furnished at the supper had been bought az Mr.
Craig's bakery, and that the members OF the union
had been doing just what they asked Others not
DO. They had 10 eat the boycotted bread or 20
hungry; and they had 10 pay for the supper They
ate the boycotted bread and cake and TOOK 81 o<af
In highly un-C hrfstmaslike language
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DIED.

BLISS. On "Wednesday, December % 1857. 90
pHIA PRENTIsS wife OF d. W. Bliss. n. D,
Funeral sssurdAy. Dsoetaber 81. o. New York Ave-
pae Prss6ytsrisn Church. At 2 .. M InssrnIsns
private. No nowsrA g
FRENCH suddenly. On Thursday noruine Dessn-
bsr ~. 1857 q aRoplsxy % a: street nossnvest
Notice q fansrsi Sefesfier.
nknefb Rs q ssss e i: u kass f
Ridesly. ned three months and esn dsyA
both. On "Wednesday, December 20. 1857, Mn
Aftiesh year Of her sga
Funeral from her late residencs 4Ie sssuse porxS-
west ct 9:1S o'clock Friday. Thence 20 81 Mary's
church WHARF requiem viii be Gid for - rcps
VI her sopl % 10 O'Clock q m kslst1vss end fspds
respectfully invited TO sttepd
.ZHQnAe. On Dscsnbsr .. 1857, q D. UinnAstA.
cAAkLks y. THOMAS sged thirty. elkhs yeara
si.ss ssan ~ s''aiass q =. .s ss "
80 :' a Z; ss: s:ss ';'::::
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q her dsnehtsr. Mn JosspA a. 'VeeA No. 1873
Rhode lslaod evsnne, Mrs CHARLOTTE r WIiIm
sgsd ssvsnty-avs year.. foemsely q t1reaand "a .
Youxo: o. psesmhsr a. 1881. q slsst se3esk
foUH0. eesd foEty foax ssaxs olAsst esa q q -
yohn toun6. a ksarfax county. vixU1nlA
coming 81 fhs loved soss M bsAzDa
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noHes pSvnsy. NO. 15z1 ~ s.reN ufhsyss ".
az De - q 60 e'eAeek pa 1da<1v0 - fIxspl1
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The New York quarantine offlcials were asked
yesterday about the report from Baltimore that
an Italian named stappao Leone, who came over
about two weeks ago, with his family, carried the
germs OF dpntnerta TO that city. Two Of
Leone's children died Of diphtheria, and also two
children OF Samuel Marentos, 1t whose house they
had died during the passage OF the same steamer
on which Leone came over from the same disc tse.
The health authorities OF that city severely crit.
learned at quarantine yesterday that only two
ships bringing Italians have arrived there during
December. On the AlSatia and EUROPA there was
no sickness to speak OF. and no deaths during the
voyage. Among the passengers OF the Chandler
mayor there was single case OF smallpox, which
was promptly attended TO. several infants died Of
Inflammation or the lungs, but DR.. Andrews and
the boarding officers said there was not trace Of
dphtheria On the ship, nor has there been on any
vessel that he remembered during the past year.
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from Wom1nb AfHosy.
Why II q mothers hand on the head o. . SICK
child % soothing? Because her love supplies eiec-
Sricity. which u curative force and tonic AMI
NAL electricty Ii an agency not % well undefssood
n Il should be BY women, though they uss it con
tinuaiiy. Il is enormously confounded with the
massage TREATMENT which IL nothing more or less
than merely RUBBING the entire body. Animal
electricity Is impaired By careful manipulation Of
the muscles, performed By gently stretching them
with both banda This produces an elasticity Of
action which causes them TO rss, thereby tncreas-
ting their power 70 act Women whose fingers are
supple and yet strong can best tmpart electricity
TO thssf children. The Treatment should be sp-
pl1ed mainly with the 0ngefA when the nerves
sfe pFostratcd they be invigorated In the name
way. Tbey should b gently pTeesed In one direc-
tlop and another, which tends 90 increase the1f
vitality. the general circulation car Be Increased
b. hghfiy moving the hands over the surface Of
blood veG1el2 not rubbing them briskly, but uatle
enough force 70 quicken the circulation. wom<l
can 6eCome thorough animal electrician8 u they
win but devote themselves TO q carerul study q
anatomy. The word = nun Of half.invslid wo@eA
who should b restored 70 health b. thin nasura|
meshot. Drugs viii not help tnan. but animal
slectrictty Applied under he nght condiu0 wln